The Roughest Draft

Did they? But didn't they?

Co-writers, Nathan and Katrina ended their partnership four years ago for reasons unknown to the public or to those closest to them, coming as a shock after their two bestsellers. The two haven't even talked to one another in those four years until they team up to write one more book together to end their contract. They agree, grudgingly, as Katrina feels responsible for caring for her and her fiance's failing finances and Nathan's not selling books on his own.

The Roughest Draft is about the feeling behind the words, figuring out that fiction can be real, that if you finally say what you mean, it can be beautiful.

The reader is left in the dark in the beginning and we don't know what happened between them. It's torture, you learn in bits and pieces about their relationship as friends or possibly something more. And then you find out and you're struck, you yearn for them to figure things out. They know each other so well, every part of their being. And they write to each other, hiding behind their words, showing only parts of their true feelings. When it all comes out, whew.

This book was great, you could feel the tension between the characters, it practically leaps off the page. What I didn't expect was it to be a little bit raunchy. I brought this book to read while subbing for middle school and I was like um... That being said this book is awesome, both characters have a great arc, finding themselves but also each other. I appreciate Katrina's real struggle with depression and anxiety as well as Nathan's willingness to admit that he didn't necessarily know what love was.

I definitely recommend!